United Brethren

American  

noun

1. a Protestant denomination, of Wesleyan beliefs and practices, founded in 1800.

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Example Sentences

Tanton gravitated to science — not to the fundamentalist Evangelical United Brethren Church of his mother — and eventually studied medicine.

From Salon

The denomination, formed in 1968 by a merger of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church, is the second-largest Protestant church in the U.S. after the Southern Baptist Convention.

From Washington Times

The United Methodist Church was formed in 1968 by the union of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church.

From Salon

The denomination — pre-unification with the United Brethren Church — was among the first to ordain women, recognizing womens' right to preach in 1956.

From Salon

The United Brethren block in Huntington has been converted into 37 loft apartments with first-floor space for a community arts program and a university entrepreneurial initiative.

From Washington Times